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  • January 2020
    • ICT Today

    January 2020

    Vol. 41, No. 1 · 7 articles · 1h 42m of reading
    V41
    1. 1Continuity
      FROM THE PRESIDENT
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      Jeff Beavers, RCDD, OSPICT IndustryProfessional Development      3 min
    2. 2FiberG: Fiber Everywhere for 5G and Beyond
      COVER ARTICLE
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      Konstantinos Stavropoulos, Ph.D.5G is here! The rising importance of optical fiber for 5G and future mobile/converged networks is inevitable. Discover how and why optical fiber is essential for 5G/6G and the future mobile/converged network infrastructure, even among challenges needing to be addressed. This is the dawn of the “fiber generation.” It is the dawn of FiberG.5GData CentersFiber OpticsWireless      14 min
    3. 3Discover How to Convert Multimode Optical Fibers into Singlemode to Support Growing Bandwidth Demands
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      Kevin Lengle, Ph.D.Nearly 75 percent of the optical fibers deployed in the LAN are multimode. Bandwidth-intensive applications and latency-aware traffic are becoming ubiquitous. With MPLC-based technologies, there is no need for large costly cabling projects; simply convert multimode optical fibers into non-dispersion singlemode.Data CentersFiber OpticsMultimode FiberNetwork PerformanceSinglemode Fiber      14 min
    4. 4The Process of Selecting Media for Industrial Ethernet Networks
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      Luke Young, RCDDSelecting appropriate media for a robust and reliable industrial Ethernet network is imperative. Three viable media types are optical fiber, balanced twisted-pair and wireless. Their various characteristics are defined and use criteria outlined to help ICT physical infrastructure designers identify the correct media choices.Copper CablingFiber OpticsIndustrial NetworkingNetwork DesignStructured CablingWireless      19 min
    5. 5A Comparison of Blown Fiber and Conventional Optical Fiber Installation Methods
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      Kathy Woolf, RCDDBy comparing conventional and blown fiber installation methods via actual OSP and inside plant installation examples, designers and installers can better understand these viable installation methods in an age when the enterprise customer confronts ever-increasing bandwidth demands and the continuous influx of emerging technologies.Outside Plant      20 min
    6. 6Passive Optical LAN Transforming ICT in Health Care
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      John HooverHealthcare facilities are struggling to address the IoT explosion, the influx of wireless devices, assurance of greater stability through constant availability and strict quality of service (QoS) in support of mission-critical services. Learn how and why optical fiber-based POL meets the needs of health care now and into the future.Data CentersFiber OpticsHealthcareNetwork InfrastructureOutside PlantPassive Optical LANStructured Cabling      17 min
    7. 7How Smart Planning and Cabling Can Shape a Successful Healthcare Facility
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      Mitch Cohen, RCDDThis article provides the prescription for a healthy telecommunications room (TR). Unlike typical commercial buildings, healthcare facilities must support several dozen subsystems to operate efficiently. These subsystems demand careful ICT infrastructure design and planning to create TRs that can deliver high-bandwidth and resilient low-latency connectivity and much more.Data CentersHealthcareInternet of ThingsNetwork DesignStandards & ComplianceStructured Cabling      15 min